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Miscellaneous Correspondence H - W
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Approx. 75 items. Includes: many letters criticizing LAT, mostly on political grounds ; some letters praising LAT's coverage of the news ; across-the-board collection of letters ranging from thoughtful and eloquent to angry and extreme.
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Stylebook/Replies to Readers
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Approx. 40 items: memos, letters, reports, lists and other material related to stylebook issues and replies to readers. Included: much material to and from Fred Holley, for years the compiler of the LAT Stylebook ; material on dealings with New American Library, which published a number of books for the LAT Syndicate ; some interesting "word" trivia ; copy of the legal agreement between New American Library and LAT for publishing The Los Angeles Times Style Book, edited by Fred Holley ; more.
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Miscellaneous Correspondence A - H
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Approx. 75 items. Includes: note and attached collection of jokes from Milton Berle ; correspondence with Querencia Productions ; many letters criticizing LAT, mostly on political grounds ; some letters praising LAT's coverage of the news ; correspondence (1983) in which Hustler publisher Larry Flynt offers a free subscription of his porn magazine to Thomas, who declines ;across-the-board collection of letters ranging from thoughtful and eloquent to angry and extreme.
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Special letters from readers
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Approx. 30 items: letters from readers, some sending recipes or requesting recipes, some just praising the Food Section . Among the more amusing letters (possibly one reason Hoke's staff saved them) are those asking "Marian Manners" how to get rid of bugs. One letter asks for a menu to feed 100 "important people connected with business." The writer, "Mrs. Hohm," explains that "they will arrive... drink for about two hours," then "it is very necessary that they are completely overwhelmed with my food."
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Thompson, Zan
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Approx. 15 items: notes, letters and clips related to LAT staffer Zan Thompson. Includes: many notes and letters praising her work ; more.
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Chronological File - July
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Approx. 95 items. Letters and memos. Subjects include: letter to Richard Dougherty praising his profile on the Apollo astronauts; letters to LAT staffers thanking them for their contribution to stories on Apollo 11; response to Mrs. Ormond defending columnist Jim Murray against her charge that he might someday write material praising the Vietcong; memo stating that "I think we should keep a very close watch on the [editorial] overtime situation" (7/16/1969); letter on the subject of radicals moving toward political center as they age (7/15/1969); letter to Roger Freeman of Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace (7/15/1969) on the political spectrum; responses to readers on the right criticizing LAT opposition to Nixon policies, Reagan policies, and so on; interesting letter to Gov. Ronald Reagan requesting him to speak to the Twilight Club, a group, limited to 100 members, met seven times a year for dinner and a speaker (7/14/1969); letter to Robert Finch, HEW Secretary (7/14); example of the "Paul Conrad serves a useful purpose" letter to those irked at LAT cartoonist (7/3/1969); response to reader who objects to "leftist" LAT columnists; letter to Herbert Brucker, Stanford University ; letter to John Freeman, Ambassador of Great Britain (7/2/1969); letter in praise of Walter Cronkite, Harry Reasoner, and Charles Kuralt; etc.
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